We meet again: Manheim Township and Cedar Crest played a pair of dandies during the regular season. Coach Sean Burkhart’s Blue Streaks won them both, but had to pull some teeth to escape both times. On Dec. 20 in Neffsville, Manheim Township rallied for 48-44 win. In the rematch, Jan. 23 in Lebanon, the Blue Streaks played terrific perimeter defense and got out of Dodge with a squeaker 36-32 win. Round 3 will be for the league’s gold trophy.

Home court advantage: Yes, the championship game will be played on Manheim Township’s home court. But before you fire off any angry e-mails, this has been the predetermined site the last several years — for L-L boys and girls championships.

L-L playoff history: This is hardly uncharted territory for either program; Manheim Township and Cedar Crest have both been here before — a lot.

* This is finals appearance No. 10 for the Blue Streaks, who are 6-3 in league championship games. Manheim Township was just here in 2011, beating Solanco. Blue Streaks also won league titles in 1985, 1986 (over Warwick), 1987 (over Columbia), 1994 (over Lancaster Catholic) and 1997 (over Columbia). Manheim Township lost in league title games in 1988 (to Lancaster Catholic), 1992 (to Lancaster Catholic) and 2009 (to Lancaster Mennonite — on Manheim Township’s home court).

* This is league finals appearance No. 9 for Cedar Crest, which is 6-2 in title games. The last four times the Falcons have reached the L-L finale, they’ve won it: 2003 (over Hempfield), 2004 (over McCaskey), 2007 (over McCaskey) and 2010 (over Solanco). Cedar Crest also won titles in 1977 and 2001 (over Warwick), and fell in title games in 1993 (to Lancaster Catholic) and 2002 (to Lancaster Catholic). If you’re wondering, Lancaster Catholic has a league-best 11 championships.

Off the pine: Definitely keep an eye on Cedar Crest freshman post Alyssa Austin, who has been a terror in the lane the last six games for the Falcons. During that clip, she’s averaging 13.8 points, including a career-high 22 points in the quarterfinal win over Donegal, and 16 points in the semifinal win over Lebanon. By the way, Cedar Crest is 6-0 in those games.

Jump shots: Manheim Township is No. 6 in PennLive’s Class AAAA state rankings; Blue Streaks are the lone undefeated Class AAAA team in the state, and recently wrapped up their fourth undefeated run through Section 1 in a row — that’s a 64-0 blitz. … Coach Jim Donmoyer and Cedar Crest have won six games in a row since a 44-43 setback to Hempfield on Jan. 28. … Falcons hit the L-L finale with 111 3-pointers this season. Cedar Crest has canned at least one trey in all but two games this season. … Manheim Township senior F Alex Leslie, who enters the league finals with 1,269 career points, is a University of Rochester recruit.

The plot: The Blue Streaks and the Falcons know each other really, really well. Manheim Township knows that Cedar Crest is a perimeter-oriented team and will defend as such (like the last meeting in Lebanon, when the Blue Streaks didn’t let the Falcons hit a single 3, their bread and butter). Cedar Crest knows that Manheim Township likes to run its sets through Alex Leslie and Kaitlyn Van Tash (who scored a season-high 23 points against Lancaster Catholic in the semifinals) at the top of the circle, with those two getting looks off the bounce at the rim or the Blue Streaks’ guards making that extra swing pass for an open 3. No secrets in this one, although with Alyssa Austin’s breakthrough, the Falcons now have a major paint threat. We’ll see how she handles Leslie and Van Tash, who are two of the best in the business in the L-L at the moment.